Ca-cough-ony

A chord is mutually shared,

By ca-coughers’ notes that blare.

Failed breath, broken speech

Puddled thoughts, sticky each.

A sentence rarely makes it out

Dreams may flow through stream of thought.

Phlegm and dripping,

Noses weeping

Cough breaks down the brain.

A wheezing here,

A gasping glare,

Patience wearing thin.

So de-tune up,

And load a cough,

Ready on my cue.

For though we’d stop,

it’s been enough,

Still coughing does ensue.